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Figurative Language in a Text

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

5th Grade

CCSS covered

Figurative Language in a Text
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

A

B

C

D

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is used in the excerpt below? Excerpt from "Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed" by Ray Bradbury “The man felt . . . the tissues of his body draw tight as if he were standing at the center of a vacuum.”

a. hyperbole

b. simile

c. personification

d. alliteration

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What type of figurative language is used in the excerpt below? Excerpt from "Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed" by Ray Bradbury "I feel like a salt crystal,” Mr. Bittering said, “in a mountain stream, being washed away. We don’t belong here. "

a. hyperbole

b. simile

c. personification

d. alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a simile?

Comparing two unlike things without  using  like and as

Comparing two things in a text

Comparing two unlike things using  like and as

None of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a metaphor?

Comparing two things in a text

Comparing two things using like and as

An over exaggeration 

Comparing two things without using like and as

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is a hyperbole?

An exaggerated statement not to be taken literally. 

Telling the truth

Comparing a rock to a island

Break a leg

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The firework exploded in the air, making a big BOOM! in the air, is an example of 

Personification

Onomatopoeia

The 4th of July

All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

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